Future Cultures: How to Build a Future-Ready Organization Through Leadership
- 3h 32m
- Scott Smith, Susan Cox-Smith
- Kogan Page
- 2023
It's hard to know what specific opportunities, technologies or challenges the future will bring. If you want to overcome the uncertainties of tomorrow, it's essential that you build a future culture.
The potential for success is limitless for businesses which develop a culture designed for innovating and adapting to the future. Drawing upon decades of experience as futurists and consultants, Scott Smith and Susan Cox-Smith offer proven strategies that will allow you to fundamentally rewire your culture so that it becomes more fluent, agile and prepared to deal with whatever tomorrow will bring.
From futureproofing your brand and manifesto to adapting the experience of your workforce, Future Cultures offers practical tools and techniques that will bring your focus out of the past and into the future. Through first-hand interviews and case studies from multinational companies such as IBM and the UN, this book will show how you can join the world's most innovative businesses by prioritizing tomorrow today.
About the Author
Scott Smith is co-founder and Managing Partner at Changeist, author of How to Future and a world-renowned futurist. He has advised organizations including UNICEF, ASOS and Comcast and written for WIRED, Quartz and The Atlantic. He is based in Barcelona, Spain.
Susan Cox-Smith is co-founder and Partner at Changeist. She leads educational experiences for private and public sector clients and was named in Forbes magazine's '50 Leading Female Futurists 2022'. She is based in Barcelona, Spain.
In this Book
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Foreword
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Introduction—Timing the Future
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From Function to Culture
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People and Mindset
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Language and Communication
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Tools and Knowledge
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Space and Experience
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Rules and Norms
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Networks and Ecosystems
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Conclusion—Maintaining Momentum
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Epilogue—Four Futures for Future Cultures
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Appendix—Future Cultures Resources
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Notes
